Wearables

Pebble is dead! Long live Pebble!
Everybody's favorite underdog wearable startup is no longer.
Pebble has officially been acquired by San Francisco-based fitness tracker Fitbit. Say it ain't so. Oh, it be so.
We know the deal is worth about $40 million. Those that backed Pebble on Kickstarter for its new models...

In advance of its next wave of smartwatches -- Pebble 2, Pebble Time 2 -- the upstart company that continues to innovate where others have slowed has released a significant update.
Pebble today took the wraps off its latest software update. The Silicon Valley-based wearable company says the new 4.0 release...

Pebble just keeps getting better and better. But will it be enough?
Nextgen Pebble smartwatches are around the corner. In the coming months the Silicon Valley upstart will ship the Pebble 2 ($129) and Pebble Time 2 ($199). Update models include heart rate monitors, larger e-paper displays, and even better...

Perspective, it's an an interesting thing.
By all accounts Pebble's third Kickstarter campaign -- for two updated Pebble smartwatches and an Android-powered fitness tracker aimed at runners -- is a smashing success:
66,673 backers
$12,779,843 pledged
Not too shabby. In fact the result ranks it as third highest ever Kickstarter.
As a long-time Pebble...

The agony may soon come to an end.
Anyone who owns an Apple Watch know the one huge, frustrating issue that plagues the wearable: apps are so very, very slow. As in so slow, many choose never to use them at all, instead using the Apple Watch primarily for notifications...

Google is putting the finishing touches on its first major update to Android Wear, the smartwatch operating system that debuted over two years ago.
Wear 2.0 is expected to ship later this year, and, along with it, I'm expecting will see a bevy of new watches running it. There's a...

The demand, she is a strong.
Today, Pebble's 2016 Kickstarter broke the $10 million (USD) mark. To date, over 52,000 people have backed the campaign.
Good news for Pebble: there's still 26 days to go before funding closes.
That Pebble has already surpassed $10 million in pledges seems to suggest consumers like what...

"Alexa, ask Pebble how the Kickstarter campaign is doing."
Another savvy move by Pebble.
Today, the Redwood City wearable maker announced its upcoming Pebble Core wearable will feature Amazon's Alexa voice search assistant. This means you could use a voice command while you're running, for instance, to play a song. Or ask any...